Police have named a young man from Mitcham as the victim of a "senseless" murder which took place in East London at the end of last month.

On Saturday, September 30 police officers were called at 2.30am to reports of a "disturbance" at a party in Ropery Street, in Tower Hamlets, and found Lamar Stewart suffering from stab wounds in nearby Eric Street.

The 21-year-old was treated at the scene by London's Air Ambulance before being taken to an east London hospital.

Sadly, Mr Stewart died from his wounds hours later at about 5am.

A post-mortem examination held at Poplar Public Mortuary on Monday (October 2) gave the cause of death as a hemorrhage and a stab wound to the chest.

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Officers have now established that Mr Stewart had attended a party at an address in Ropery Street that evening when a fight involving numerous people broke out.

The disturbance then spilled out into the street where Mr Stewart was stabbed.

Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Packer from the Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Major Crime Command Unit is leading the investigation.

He said:"Our enquiries so far have established there was a large group of young people from east and south London who attended this party and I need to trace as many people as possible to piece together the events that led to this murder.

"The stabbing occurred in the street and would have been clearly visible to passers-by and residents who may have been disturbed by the noise of the fight.

"This was a brutal attack that has taken a man's life and I am urging anyone with information to come forward and speak to police."